Can chives be fertilized with human urine? (Is it better to use wood ash or human urine as topdressing for chives?)

Is it better to use human urine or wood ash as fertilizer for chives?

Leeks like fertilizer and have a long growth cycle. Both human urine and feces in our rural areas and common wood ash are good fertilizers for the growth of leeks. When applying fertilizer to leeks, is human urine and feces better or wood ash better?

In fact, both are good farmyard manures , but they contain different proportions of nutrients and are used at different stages . Let's list the characteristics and different uses of human urine and feces and plant ash in detail.

First, people in rural areas have urine and feces.

During the growth process, chives require a large amount of fertilizer. Before planting, we usually use human urine or feces from animals such as pigs, cows, and sheep as base fertilizer, which can better provide sufficient nutrients for crops.

Human urine and feces are rich in nitrogen fertilizer and are more suitable for the growth and development stage of crops. When the leek seedlings are established, human urine and feces can be applied and used after dilution with watering. It is a high-efficiency fertilizer that can promote absorption and growth.

It is worth mentioning that no matter when we use farmyard manure such as human urine and feces, we must ferment and decompose it.

If uncomposted farmyard manure is used on crops, it will ferment in the soil, generate heat, and easily cause root damage and seedling burn and death. Well-composted manure will not cause such damage. Well-composted human urine and feces must be diluted before use.

Second, plant ash

Wood ash is a natural environmentally friendly fertilizer, usually used as potash fertilizer. It has the functions of disinfection, antibacterial and sterilization.

Wood ash is an alkaline fertilizer. Its aqueous solution can be used as foliar fertilizer. It can promote absorption, kill insects and bacteria, and is beneficial to the development of leeks.

As we all know, leeks are harvested in batches. After harvesting, there are broken ends, and the wounds are afraid of infection. Any contamination may cause infection. Watering and fertilizing after harvesting are not allowed.

But we can spread wood ash, which can speed up wound healing, replenish nutrients, and prevent pests such as leek maggots.

Human urine and feces and wood ash are both good partners for leeks, but now with the improvement of living environment and standards, human urine and feces are used less and less, and wood ash is rarely used.

However, there are still some old farmers who insist on using the old methods. The leeks they grow are fundamentally different from those grown with chemical fertilizers and taste better.